[Clinical use of nitroglycerin as an hypotensive agent during general anesthesia for caesarean section. Report of a case (author's transl)].
Nitroglycerin in aqueous solution has been used as hypotensive agent during a caesarean section, in a patient who presented an arterial hypertension not controled by administration of four antihypertensive agents (acebutolol, clonidine, dihydralazine, alpha-methyl-dopa). Nitroglycerin continuous infusion started two hours before caesarean section at the dose of one milligramme over one hour and stopped several hours after.
D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000188:drug therapy*
D005996:Nitroglycerin
Utilisation de la nitroglycérine intraveineuse en solution aqueuse comme agent hypotenseur au cours d'une césarienne. A propos d'un cas.